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'''Atlantis''' was an ancient civilisation located on the island of [[Thera]]. | |type = | ||
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|first = The Underwater Menace (TV story) | |||
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'''Atlantis''' was an ancient civilisation located on the island of [[Thera]]. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
It had flourished in part due to the [[Crystal of Kronos]], which had been given to them by the [[alien]] [[Dæmon]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | It had flourished in part due to the [[Crystal of Kronos]], which had been given to them by the [[alien]] [[Dæmon]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | ||
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An underwater Atlantean outpost survived beneath the ocean, off the [[Azores]]. In [[1970]], Professor [[Zaroff]] discovered the survivors and proposed to raise their settlement from the ocean floor. This would have destroyed the Earth. Zaroff died in the attempt due to the [[Second Doctor]]'s intervention. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'') | An underwater Atlantean outpost survived beneath the ocean, off the [[Azores]]. In [[1970]], Professor [[Zaroff]] discovered the survivors and proposed to raise their settlement from the ocean floor. This would have destroyed the Earth. Zaroff died in the attempt due to the [[Second Doctor]]'s intervention. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Underwater Menace]]'') | ||
Later, the [[Dæmon]] [[Azal]] pointed to the destruction of Atlantis as a warning as to what might happen if he considered [[Earth]], a planet that the Dæmon had helped along, a failed experiment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons]]'') | Later, the [[Dæmon]] [[Azal]] pointed to the destruction of Atlantis as a warning as to what might happen if he considered [[Earth]], a planet that the Dæmon had helped along, a failed experiment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)]] | ||
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Atlantis was an exhibit in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'') | Atlantis was an exhibit in the [[Museum of Things That Don't Exist]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Taking of Planet 5]]'') | ||
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Noting this, former [[Producer]] [[Barry Letts]]' noted in his introduction to the first edition of ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' that Atlantis had three different and incompatible explanations for its destruction. The line in ''[[Transit]]'' references this. This point would later be enforced in two [[Big Finish]] audio plays, and an off-hand reference made on television in ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' to "three possible versions of Atlantis". | Noting this, former [[Producer]] [[Barry Letts]]' noted in his introduction to the first edition of ''[[The Doctor Who Programme Guide]]'' that Atlantis had three different and incompatible explanations for its destruction. The line in ''[[Transit]]'' references this. This point would later be enforced in two [[Big Finish]] audio plays, and an off-hand reference made on television in ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'' to "three possible versions of Atlantis". | ||
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